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W. G. VENNER.

(No'Model.)

OVERALLS.

Paltented Junes, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM e. VENNEE, on HAMBURG, NEW YORK.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,702, dated June 3,1884. i

Application filed September 6,1883. (No model.)

To au whom, it may com/cern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. VENNER, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Hamburg, -in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

\ This invention relates to improvements in the construction of'overalls and pantaloons; and it consists, chiefly, in making each leg in two pieces and cutting the inside seam of each front in a straight line from the end or point of the fly to the bottom of the leg, and cutting the back of each leg so that the inside partis broadened into a curved point near the crotch, and is there joined to the front and sewed in a straight seam to the bottom of the leg. y

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of part of a pair of overalls with the fly Y part down ,.Fig. 2, part of the back of one leg; Fig. 3, upper part of one leg of overalls or pantaloons, showing the straight inside seam; Fig. 4, detail of the ily and its cord.

A represents the front piece of the right leg; A', the leftand B the back pieces, the

. latter cut on the inside into a curved point, e,

for junction' with the crotch at the point of the fly. The fronts A A are cut in a straightline from the point'of the fly a to the bottom a', as shown in Fig. 1. The button part b for the iiy is a part of the front, (not sewed on,) and is continued down in a rectangular piece, b, which is afterward sewed to the inside of the other front, A', making a lining thereto, and also for the fly. as usual, which is sewed to this piece b. This fly C, crotch a, and button part b are all greatly strengthened by a good-sized cord, d, which is secured in the ily at the edge, and against which the usual button-holes are made, as in Fig. 4, (in which the lining is left off,) showing the cord laid on. This prevents the holes tearing through. The cord d continues across the crotch a clear up to the waistband,

The fly C is a separate piece,

as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, going into and under the cloth of the front A b and fastened thereto. This gives a strong foundation and ridge for the fly-buttons to be sewed to, 5o

the thread going around the cord into the button, the ridge also making the buttoning of the fly easier. The straight line of the fronts from a to a. is important, as it removes the inside seams from between the legs to the front or middle, doing away with the rough raised middle seams and preventing chang. Another great advantage is that it makes the garment stronger, as it removes the strain from the seams, and brings it on the` cloth of the fronts and backs. This construction also does away with all middle stay-pieces, either inside or outside, and thus simplifies the making of such garments.

I claim- 1. In overalls or pantaloons, each leg out in two pieces, a front, A, and back B, the inside seam of the front A cutin a straight line from the point of the iiy ata to the bottom at a', and the back B cut into a curved and widened point at the crotch, and the point e sewed to the point a of the front and straight to the bottom a', as and for the purpose specied.

2.1A pair of overalls or pantaloons, each leg of which is formed of only two pieces of material, the fronts being cut out beside the fly, and the backs having extensions curved on top to fit the crotch, and of a form to vfit the cut-away portions of the fronts and bring the inside seams forward on the leg, one of the fronts being. out with a strip, b', forming a part thereof, and adapted to extend over upon the opposite ily, and a cord, as d, inserted in said iy on both sides, all substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM e. VENNEE- 

